How about Butcher? Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, to be specific. The first couple of books drag a bit, but they really pick up by the third. At a push, you can skip the first two, but there's a lot of good world-building in them. (Also, I like his take on vampires.)
Kelley Armstrong, too. Her Women of the Otherworld is really interesting.
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Date: 2009-06-18 11:09 pm (UTC)Kelley Armstrong, too. Her Women of the Otherworld is really interesting.